Spy poisoning: Russia expels 60 US diplomats in tit-for-tat measure
Russia has expelled 60 US diplomats and closed the St Petersburg consulate in a tit-for-tat response to US action over a spy poisoning case in the UK.
Russia's foreign minister said other countries that expelled Russians could expect a "symmetrical" response.
It comes amid a row over the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in southern England.
The White House said Russia's move to expel its diplomats had been "not unanticipated".
It marked "a further deterioration in the United States-Russia relationship", it said in a statement.
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